SA 2499. Mr. McCONNELL proposed an amendment to the bill S. 178, to
condemn gross human rights violations of ethnic Turkic Muslims in
Xinjiang, and calling for an end to arbitrary detention, torture, and
harassment of these communities inside and outside China; as follows:

In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert the
following:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Coronavirus Relief Fair
Unemployment Compensation Act of 2020''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF THE FEDERAL PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT
COMPENSATION PROGRAM.

(a) Extension.--Section 2104(e)(2) of the Relief for
Workers Affected by Coronavirus

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Act (contained in subtitle A of title II of division A of the
CARES Act (Public Law 116-136)) is amended by striking ``July
31, 2020'' and inserting ``December 31, 2020''.
(b) Improvements to Accuracy of Payments.--
(1) In general.--Section 2104(b) of the Relief for Workers
Affected by Coronavirus Act (contained in subtitle A of title
II of division A of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136)) is
amended--
(A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ``of $600'' and
inserting ``equal to the amount specified in paragraph (3)'';
and
(B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(3) Amount of federal pandemic unemployment
compensation.--
``(A) In general.--The amount specified in this paragraph
is the following amount with respect to an individual:
``(i) For weeks of unemployment beginning after the date on
which an agreement is entered into under this section and
ending on or before July 31, 2020, $600.
``(ii) For weeks of unemployment beginning after the last
week under clause (i) and ending before December 31, 2020, an
amount equal to one of the following, as determined by the
State for all individuals:

``(I) $200.
``(II) An amount (not to exceed $500) equal to--

``(aa) two-thirds of the individual's average weekly wages;
minus
``(bb) the individual's base amount (determined prior to
any reductions or offsets).
``(B) Base amount.--For purposes of this paragraph, the
term `base amount' means, with respect to an individual, an
amount equal to--
``(i) for weeks of unemployment under the pandemic
unemployment assistance program under section 2102, the
amount determined under subsection (d)(1)(A)(i) or (d)(2) of
such section 2102, as applicable; or
``(ii) for all other weeks of unemployment, the amount
determined under paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection.
``(C) Average weekly wages.--
``(i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii), for purposes of
this paragraph, the term `average weekly wages' means, with
respect to an individual, the following:

``(I) If the State computes the individual weekly
unemployment compensation benefit amount based on an
individual's average weekly wages in a base period, an amount
equal to the individual's average weekly wages used in such
computation.
``(II) If the State computes the individual weekly
unemployment compensation benefit amount based on high
quarter wages or a formula using wages across some but not
all quarters in a base period, an amount equal to \1/13\ of
such high quarter wages or average wages of the applicable
quarters used in the computation for the individual.
``(III) If the State uses computations other than the
computations under subclause (I) or (II) for the individual
weekly unemployment compensation benefit amount, or for
computations of the weekly benefit amount under the pandemic
unemployment assistance program under section 2102, as
described in subsection (d)(1)(A)(i) or (d)(2) of such
section 2102, for which subclause (I) or (II) do not apply,
an amount equal to \1/52\ of the sum of all base period
wages.

``(ii) Special rule.--If more than one of the methods of
computation under subclauses (I), (II), and (III) of clause
(i) are applicable to a State, then such term shall mean the
amount determined under the applicable subclause of clause
(i) that results in the highest amount of average weekly
wages.''.
(2) Conforming amendments.--
(A) Pandemic unemployment assistance.--Section 2102(d) of
the Relief for Workers Affected by Coronavirus Act (contained
in subtitle A of title II of division A of the CARES Act
(Public Law 116-136)) is amended by inserting ``with respect
to the individual'' after ``section 2104'' in each of
paragraphs (1)(A)(ii) and (2).
(B) Pandemic emergency unemployment compensation.--Section
2107 of the Relief for Workers Affected by Coronavirus Act
(contained in subtitle A of title II of division A of the
CARES Act (Public Law 116-136)) is amended--
(i) in subsection (a)(4)(A)(ii), by inserting ``with
respect to the individual'' after ``section 2104''; and
(ii) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting ``with respect to
the individual'' after ``section 2104''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section
shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the
Relief for Workers Affected by Coronavirus Act (contained in
subtitle A of title II of division A of the CARES Act (Public
Law 116-136)).
(d) Emergency Designation.--
(1) In general.--The amounts provided by this section and
the amendments made by this section are designated as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 4(g) of the
Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(g)).
(2) Designation in senate.--In the Senate, this section and
the amendments made by this section are designated as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 4112(a) of H. Con.
Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the
budget for fiscal year 2018.
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